Press Release: Evict Igas, not the Protection Camp, from Barton Moss

The Barton Moss Protection camp will find out before midday on Tuesday 11th March if it is to be evicted.

Martin Porter of Frack Free Greater Manchester said:

“A week after a Manchester Evening News survey found that 73% of Greater Manchester residents opposed fracking and the day after over a thousand people marched peacefully through the city centre, it is amazingly the Protection Camp, not the drilling rig, which faces eviction from Barton Moss.

“The Protectors have endured the elements with stoicism and have met aggression with humour. They have done without most of what the rest of us would consider the basics of human civilization and in doing so have not only survived, but found a community spirit that is so lacking in the rest of our society.

“They have been sustained by local people and have in turn inspired a community.

“If our democracy had not been highjacked by big business it would be Igas who are packing their bags today.”